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That picture was in the summer on Montauk. I didn't have a picture of today on that computer so make believe it is snowing and I am being chased by a walrus while drinking a hot chocolate with a little rum in it.

This morning like every morning I took a walk. I walk about two miles so it's not like I will be entering the Olympics or anything. It was 23 degrees and it was just before the sun came up. All of a sudden I got this uncontrollable urge to do the Macarana and I twisted my knee. One of my knees was replaced a while ago with aluminum or "Mastic". (some kind of fish food copperbands are supposed to like but I am guessing) I almost fell down as it was a little painful and I contemplated calling the paramedics just because I wanted to see if they had a helicopter. Then I realized it wasn't that bad so I limped home and put some of that "heat rub" stuff on the knee. Now everyone knows none of that stuff ever does anything for pain but it smells so good. I have a few different kinds, some smell like pine trees, some like cedar and some like camphor so I use all of them at the same time. I am still in pain but I smell like a forest filed with mosquito repellent which is kind of refreshing.

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I don't know why they can't make these things last longer. I just had to replace the fan on the left. I don't know how long it wasn't working but you can see that it is much cleaner then the one on the right so maybe it never worked. I have a few of these broken lights so I have a nice supply of fans. I had to add a new fan but also the wiring to the fan didn't work so I just had to splice the new fan to the old one. It's not a big deal but shouldn't happen.

For the last week or two I was a little disappointed because I couldn't find any of my randalls gobi's and one of my Bangai cardinals. I was just working behind the tank and found them both. They are pregnant and fine. So this week I found my Gecko gobi, 2 randalls gobi's and my bangai cardinal. My tank had a lot of caves and hiding places so it is very hard to find certain types of fish.

Hi Tom. Good Morning.

Yes, a blue whale, a small one.

That age I said in the beginning is supposed to read "Fireclown" not firefish which don't live that long at all.

I can't believe it, just now I saw a gecko goby in my tank. I haven't seen that fish in 6 or 8 months. I may have two of them. I bought two of them about 5 years ago and it is a fish that stays well hidden and I have never seen the entire fish. I only get a very quick flash of a tail when I shoot some worms near his cave in the back of the tank. They are a beautiful fish, but no one sees them

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It was started in 1971 and was moved three times. The longest it was in one place was 40 years. The last move was almost 3 years ago. The glass was also changed three times as it got scratched from cleaning. It was started in a 40 gallon glass, then for 45 years it was in 100 gallon glass and now 125 gallons. It uses 100% NSW and the oldest fish, a firefish is about 35 or 40 years old. His mate is a couple of years younger and they spawn constantly. There are about 25 fish. Watchman gobies are spawning as are 6 line wrasses, fireclowns and rainsford gobies. It uses dolomite and a reverse Undergravel filter. The ATO, algae scrubber and skimmer are also DIY Nothing was ever quarantined or medicated (Actually it's birthday is in March of this year in 2 weeks so I cheated a little) https://ww

It was started in 1971 and was moved three times. The longest it was in one place was 40 years. The last move was almost 3 years ago. The glass was also changed three times as it got scratched from cleaning. It was started in a 40 gallon glass, then for 45 years it was in 100 gallon glass and now 125 gallons. It uses 100% NSW and the oldest fish, a firefish is about 35 or 40 years old. His mate is a couple of years younger and they spawn constantly. There are about 25 fish. Watchman gobies are spawning as are 6 line wrasses, fireclowns and rainsford gobies. It uses dolomite and a reverse Undergravel filter. The ATO, algae scrubber and skimmer are also DIY Nothing was ever quarantined or medicated. (Actually it's birthday is in March of this year in 2 weeks so I cheated a little) https://ww w.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_FFCN5ZBo&feature=youtu.be

SPOTS. Oh NNNooooooo,,,, Spots. It's horrible. No not on my fish, don't be silly my fish are immune. I took my new Jeep to breakfast with my main squeeze and from all the snow there is ice all over my windows and the car is just full of spots. Most of them are salt and I can't just wipe it off because it will scratch and it is to cold to use the hose. The two fish I added last week are fine. The long nose butterfly is best friends with my copperband but the filefish seems to be a loner. He loves picking on the mulm at the sides and back of the tank.

SPOTS. Oh NNNooooooo,,,, Spots. It's horrible. No not on my fish, don't be silly my fish are immune. I took my new Jeep to breakfast with my main squeeze and from all the snow there is ice all over my windows and the car is just full of spots. Most of them are salt and I can't just wipe it off because it will scratch and it is to cold to use the hose. The two fish I added last week are fine. The long nose butterfly is best friends with my copperband but the filefish seems to be a loner. He loves picking on the mulm at the sides and back of the tank.

YH, you don't have to use a Buick bumper. I myself prefer to use Oldsmobile parts but Pontiac or Chevy are acceptable. Just don't use Volkswagon or Toyota parts because that would be the same as using Roaphas although cheaper. It is after 9:00am so now I am going down to my Man/cave fish room to gargle. I can tell by the taste the health and mood of my fish without having to rely on some silly iron rake that Poseidon had. (He was Neptune's first cousin twice removed. )

I got a Covid shot for my wife yesterday at Walgreens but OMG I never seen people work so slow in my life. Her appointment was for 1:00. We got there a little early at 12:30 because we don't exactly live across the street. There was an older guy there giving someone a shot and were were next. The guy giving the shot gets up and leaves. He didn't say anything to us and there was no one else there. We are waiting like 20 minutes and I see someone working there so I asked her whats up? She told me "He went to lunch". He didn't see me standing 3' from him for half an hour and he couldn't tell us he was going to lunch. I thought maybe he went outside to sell his car or start a flash mob while singing the theme song from Dr. Zhivago. Then he came back and it was about 1:15 so he is 15 minutes late. Maybe he had a little gas and wanted to digest. I watched him and I never saw anyone move so slow. He finally started to fill the needle at 2:00. At 2:15 he finished filling the needle. Maybe you have to fill it one drop at a time. Then he started carrying the needle towards us, closer,,,,closer,,,,one step at a time,,,Then he turned around and went back behind the counter. Maybe he got an offer on his car..... At 2:30 he slowly, and I mean slowly started to walk back. This time I walked next to him in case he fell. He sat down and asked my wife some questions like her birthday which was on the form in his hand that I filled out last week. He lifted the needle and aimed it at my wife's arm and,,,and,,,My wife asks him a question. I said NNNNNnnnnnnoooooooo. Forget that. Just give her the shot.......... He wants to answer the question. 3:15 we were on our way home so it only took about 3 hours for a 15 second shot. You younger people will be in the 75 year old range when they get around to giving you the shot.

Sounds like what I like to call "a waste of money". I test my water once or twice a month which takes about 30 seconds being I only test alk. Why would I test anything else? If I spilled chicken soup in my reef I may test for chicken soup but anything else in my water is supposed to be in there. It doesn't go anywhere.

I have no Idea what any of these things are. But I know that King Neptune carried a trident, however I don't know why he would have a reef tank being he was the King of the Sea.

Thanks, I wrote better then.

Rubber Frog. So did I,,Thanks. Oh Nooooo. Dead fish!!!!! My wife and I came back from Costco a little while ago and when I looked in my tank!!!!!!!!! AAAAAhhhhhhhhh, I saw something yellow sticking out from under a rock....... My yellow tang......Dead!!!! OMG, I never have a dead fish. What will I do....My reputation is shot and I will have to go and eat worms, maybe stick my head in the dolomite at the bottom of my tank... Then as I reached for the net, I realized........I don't have a yellow tang. I looked closer and noticed, it was a mangrove tree leaf. I am baby sitting 4 mangrove plants in my tank for someone and I guess a leaf fell off. Oh Well, catastrophe averted.

This is very extremly cool and exciting.

I found my Log book. It seems that in 1982 I got a computer. An Apple 2C. But that didn't go on line. (I don't think there was an internet to go on then but I don't remember. The thing only typed so it was an expensive typewriter. It would also make Christmas cards, banners etc. I kept the log until 1992. Most of it is just when I got a new fish or lost fish. The medications I used and stuff like that. I didn't write the every day mundane things and sometimes I went for months before i wrote anything.

Thanks I went on there before and it seems my video's are set to have comments but some people tell me they can't comment. That is above my pay grade so I can't fix it. But that certainly has all my video's